BONNIE FOGEL
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Bonnie Fogel has guided the organization from its creation in 1979 as a PTA project in an elementary school to the acclaimed national institution it has become. Prior to Imagination Stage, she worked as an independent writer and journalist. In the United Kingdom, she worked in the communications department of retail giant, Marks & Spencer. In the United States, she worked for Pittsburgh Public Schools and The National Parks & Recreation Association. In the community, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Siena School and on the Scholarship Committee for Leadership Montgomery. She is a former Board Member of the BCC Chamber of Commerce and a founding member of the BCC’s Cultural Arts Committee and the Committee for a Bethesda Cultural District. In 2004, Bonnie was named a Washingtonian of the Year. Other awards include: Montgomery County ArtStars Award (2005); Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2006), Smart CEO Award, (2007), Theatre Washington Helen’s Star (2012), Montgomery Women Shining Star Award (2014), and recipient of the Gelman, Rosenberg, & Freedman Excel Award for nonprofit management (2015).
JANET STANFORD
FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Janet Stanford has helped transition Imagination Stage from a community-based arts organization to a nationally significant regional Theatre for Young Audiences theatre and arts education program. Janet has established a record for ongoing funding from the NEA, the Theatre Communications Group, and The Shubert Foundation, among others. She has commissioned US and international playwrights including Kevin Kling, Karen Zacarias, Joan Cushing, David S. Craig, and Charles Way, whose plays and musicals have gone on to be produced at other theatres in the US and as far away as China. Janet has traveled widely on grants seeking new and exciting artists to work with Imagination Stage. This past season, she directed JACK and Phil, Slayers of Giants-INC and Looking for Roberto Clemente at Imagination Stage, as well as adapting the world premiere, The Little Mermaid. This season, she directed the Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding Theatre for Young Audiences production, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Kira Burri
Database & IT Associate
Jen Luna
Director of Human Resources
Jolene Robichaud
Database & Analytics Manager
Janeth Saenz
Staff Accountant
Angel Schlogel
Office Manager and Facilities Associate
Jennifer Schwartz
General and Production Manager
David R. Whitney
Facilities & IT Manager
APPRENTICE PROGRAM
Rosie Alger
Education Apprentice
Emily Cerwonka
Access & Inclusion Apprentice
Bria Gilbert
Production Apprentice
Cam Hahn
Institutional Development Apprentice
Stephen Indrisano
Production Apprentice
Erin Murphy
Apprentice & Volunteer Coordinator
Haviland Atha-Simonton
Education Apprentice
Gia Yarn
Institutional Development Apprentice
EDUCATION & ARTISTIC
Claire Bancroft Loos
Education Program Coordinator
Kathryn Chase Bryer
Associate Artistic Director
Alison Gee
Senior Faculty: Elementary
Marcia Howard
Senior Faculty: Dance
Nikki Kaplan
Associate Director of Education
Meg Lowey
Artistic and Casting Coordinator
Danielle Mathers
School Partnerships Manager
Erin Murphy
Partnerships Administrator
Jeff Sachs
Education Associate
Joanne Seelig Lamparter
Director of Education & Community Programs
David Stern
Director of Digital Media
Stacy Steyaert
Early Childhood Program Coordinator
Scott Turner
Access Coordinator
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sean Byrne
Development Coordinator
Chelsey Christensen
Director of Development
Claire Derriennic
Marketing & Communications Associate
Laura diCurcio
Graphic Designer
Kanea MacDonald
Marketing & Communications Associate
Jan McNamara
Development Manager/Institutional Advancement
Jessica Pettit
Director of Marketing and Communications
Jessica Teaford
Special Events Manager
PATRON SERVICES
Brian Antin
Director of Patron Services
Sherill Anne Gross
Assistant Patron Services Manager
PRODUCTION
Jason Caballero
Assistant Technical Director
Alysha DeVries
Assistant Costume Shop Manager
John Elder
Technical Director
Danielle Harris
Scenic Charge Artist
Anna Klinger
Costume Shop Manager
Kate Kolarik
Assistant Production Manager
Ali Mark
Resident Carpenter
Bethany Regalbuto
Master Electrician
Jennifer Schwartz
General and Production Manager
Vanessa Spring-Frank
Properties Coordinator
IMAGINATION STAGE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(OFFICERS)
George Little
PRESIDENT
Patrick O’Neil
PRESIDENT ELECT
Jessica Boger
SECRETARY
Nina DiSandro
TREASURER
Cathy S. Bernard
Jeremy Blank
Matthew Blocher
Mara Bralove
M. Celeste Bruce
Tina Martin
Diane Polinger
VICE PRESIDENTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (MEMBERS)
Sally Amoruso
Nancy Bonnell
Ashley Bronczek
Ashley Burke
Ginger Huang Dietrich
Bonnie Fogel
David Harrison
Christopher Hertz
Sara Lange
Catherine S. Leggett
Lynne J. Lightfoote, MD
Michele A. Manatt
Lara Oerter
Pilar Frank O’Leary
Dushanti Peiris
Mo Saleh
Carolyn Schugar
Janet Stanford
Sunit Talapatra
Antonio Tijerino
Jim Young
Lili Qi
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Kim Greenfield Alfons0, 2015- 2017
Susan Lacz, 2011-2013
Mark Richardson 2009-2011
Wayne Hunley, 2007-2009
Stephen A. Hayes, 2005-2007
Sally Rosenberg, 2003-2005
Robert G. Brewer, Jr., 2000-2003
J.J. Finkelstein, 1998-2000
Mita Schaffer, 1996-1998
Nancy T. Greenspan, 1994-1996
Jerry Morenoff, 1992-1994
Barbara J. Gottschalk, 1990-1992
Gail L. Jacobs, 1988-1990
Frank Allen Philpot, 1986-1988
LEGAL COUNSEL
Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.
IMAGINATION STAGE DC
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(OFFICERS)
Kim Greenfield Alfonso
PRESIDENT
Erika Martin Bolden
SECRETARY
Dr. Kim Woodson Barnette
TREASURER
BOARD OF TRUSTEES (MEMBERS)
Scott Deutchman
Bonnie Fogel
LaShelle “Shelley” Franklin
Debbi Jarvis
Princess McDuffie
Janet Stanford
Chris Taylor
Maura White